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M Al Lam. Arrivei;,. Due. Arrived:: ----- - Due. O A .mer..-a.......... 0 ‘.2 France 0 O Arazil ........•... a 1 Guern. a Jersey 0 O Bucnns Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 3 t Carthagena..,.... 0 0 Holland ...... 2 Dublin... ...... I 0 jamaica a 0 Flanders ......... 1 9 ',coward Islands U Arrived 0 Lisbon Y 0 0 Malta 0 Ith 0 Mexico 1 0 Ostend ...... 0 Swe4co ..... 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORI:OW. ?doming ..... 56 minutes after 3 1 Evening l4 minutes after 4 The publication If Tas SUN N2V7S2APER coven at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. Id this day WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1833. In the House of LORDS yesterday little was done. The Duchess of KENT'S Annuity Bill, and Jolly's Naturalization Bill, received by Commission the Royal Assent. Lord GLENELG laid upon the table an extract from a despatch, dated Jan. 20, 1838, addressed by his Lordship to Lord Dc ROAM. Lord BROUGHAM Piesented several petitions (principally from Scotland) in favour of the Ballot and an extension of the Suffrage. A petition from Boston was also presented by his Lordship, praying that means might be adopted by the Legislature for diffusing the advantages of Education among all classes. The Noble and Learned LORD afterwards intimated that on Monday next be should move for the production of certain papers relating to the means taken to check the evils of Slavery, and also for the production of the Order in Council sanctioning the introduction of Chinese labourers. The House then adjourned till Monday. In the HOUSE of CONINIONS the presentation of petitions, as usual, took precedence. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Canada Government Bill; and after sone discussion, the report of part of which will be read with mingled scorn and indignation, the Report was ordered to he received this day. Old, unleavened Whiggism, with its in veterate vices and manifold meannesses, was exhibited last night in its characteristic colours. Lord JOHN RUSSELL adopted the very manly, the consistent and straightforward, the wise uncompromising and statesman-like course, of yield ing to Sir ROBERT PEEL ! ! He last night announced to the House that, upon consultation with his celleagucs, it had been determined to give up'that omission from the preamble of the Bill which Sir ROBERT PEEL required I The Bill, which had been so closely debated last week, as Mr. HARVEY said —that Bill which had been famed under the sanction of the highest legal authoritiCs—that Bill which was supposed to be so complete and perfect in all its parts—which was di vested of all ambiguity, and so stripped of all undue ver bosity—that Bill—but, alas ! it was in legislation as in other affairs, there was no knowing what the hour might bring forth--in twenty-four hours that paragon of Bills, so admi rably conceived, and so perfectly matured, was last night decapitated and also docked of its tail. The intelligence from Canada, which will be found in another part of our Paper, is of some importance. The insurrectionary movements which had taken place in Lower Canada may now be considered as completely suppressed, and order, for the present, at least, re established. Public attention is therefore directed ex clusively to the Upper Province, where the revolt had not, at the date of the last accounts, been put down. Its only local habi , ation, however, is the small island in Lake Erie, .in which Mr. M'KEsztz, and his " Provisional Government," had, as our readers are aware, taken refuge and intrenched themselves. They have been joined by some adventurers from the United States, and a great deal is said, in the American jour nals favourable to their cause, about the strength of their position, and their determination to hold out to the last .extremity. But we do not think they can long resist the force that the Government will be able to bring against them. Navy Island is a low swamp of small extent—its surface not exceed ing a thousand acres—almost within musket shot of the Canadian shore. It must, therefore, be easily swept by batteries erected on the Ca nadian side. It is also to be considered that the Governor is now able to bring the whole force of the Province to bear upon this one point, DUNCONIBE's band having been defeated and dispersed by Colonel MACNAB. It is indeed stated in one American paper (the Rochester Democrat), that Sir FRANCIS: HEAD is said to have passed up the river on the . 26th ult., and that a heavy cannonade was heard in the direction of Navy Island on the following night, which continued for two hours. The same paper mentions further, that a gentleman from Lockport " states that it was reported that Sir F. HEAD had attempted to and, but without success, and had one boat full of troops sunk in the attempt." It is clear, therefore, that this repulse of tire attack made by the Governor rests on nothing more than a vague report. The date of the Rochester Democrat is not given ; we cannot, therefore, calculate with any degree of precision whether there was sufficient time for intelligence of what took plase at Navy Island on 28th, to have reached Rochester in the ordinary course, before the publication of the Number containing the rumour to which we have alluded. Our impression is, that the Go vernor may have opened a bat tery against the insurgents ; but that no attack by boats would have been made after so short a cannonading, unless there was an absolute certainty of success. We must, however, wait for the next arrivals before the truth can be known. The debate in the house of Commons last night will not tend to impress the country with any extraor dinary confidence in the consistency, firmness, and in tegrity of her 'MAJESTY'S Ministers. Never, during the long course of his Parliamentary career, did Lord JOHN RUSSELL appear in a light less calculated to inspire respect than he did last night in announcing to the House and the country, that the Cabinet had veered round, and was prepared to adopt Sir ROBERT PEEL'S amendments upon the Canada Constitution Suspension Bill. We, of course, allude, not to the mere fact of a change of opinion upon the merits of a Bill which we denounced as radically bad from the in stant it was laid in a tangible shape on the table of the House of Commons. We are glad that a mea sure which we stigmatized as preposterous has been given up, and that there is some prospect of a Bill, based on the principles of common sense, being substituted in its stead. It was not the having adopted a better line of policy at the suggestion of a political opponent that rendered Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S dis pla♦ in the House last night so mortifying to his friends ; but it was the futile attempt of the Noble Lord to show that the changes in the Bill would not not affect the policy of the Cabinet, and the very plain intimation that Ministers would not stick at trifles to keep themselves in office. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE and Lord HOWICK tried hard to cover the retreat of the Noble Home Secretary, by pretending to be unable to discover any dissimilarity between the Government scheme and that suggested by the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth ; but we defy any impar tial person to peruse Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech, and not arrive at a conclusion the very reverse. The Government Bill, and that piece of exquisite Toni foolery, the official dispatch of the Noble Colonial Secretary to the Earl of DurtHANt, direct the appoint ment of a certain body to be called a Council of Advice. We ridiculed the idea as preposterous. Now, mark what Sir R. PEEL says on the subject : " If the Government wished to act as conciliators in Ca nada, they could not maintain an instruction which directed the Governor to call from Upper Canada three Members of the Legislative Council, and ten persona elected by the peopl e of that P rov i nce, not to a d v i se w ith him on affairs respect ing Upper Province, but called together for the purpose of advising him on t h e measures t o be adcpted in regard to th e pecuniary affairs and the Civil Government of Lower Canada. —(Cheers.) The feelings in Upper Canada were different from those in Lower Canada; the people of the two Pro vinces were of different races and had different habits, and cus toms, and modes of thinking and yet by the instructions which had been i ssue d t h ere would be a ma j or i ty i n t h e Council of the Governor of 16 to 10 agaiast the popular ( „..;;; t' , 7l A O4, 41.10Y 4.4 2s c . 1 1 4 - un+ THE SUN, LOT _4 DON, SATURD AY, JANUARY 27, 1838. party in Lower Canada, as, besides the 13 Members from Upper,Canada, the Governor had the power of nominating iree Members from the Legislative Council of the Lower Province, representing in a great measure the English party. With a Council so composed—with 13 Members from Upper Canada, deliberating on the affairs of Lower Canada, what could be the result but continued and increased irritation of feeling ? The majority of the Council was at the expense of Lower Canada, and they were to deliberate on all the matters in dispute in that province—on the application and control of the revenue, on the measures to be adopted in regard to maintaining the independence of the Judges, on the Tenures Act, on providing a Court of Impeachment, and on other measures affecting solely the people of Lower Canada. Now, he would say, let Lord Durham find out the best means of obtaining information on all these points, but don't fetter him with a plan which he might find impracticable, and which could not fail of producing irritation, for he must tell the Noble Lord opposite that it was little short of an insult to Lower Canada to have 13 Members from Upper Canada selected for the purpose of deliberating on the application of her revenues and on her means of internal government. Would it not have been better to have left Lord Durham free to act on his own judgment than to say to him, " If you call a Council at all to your assistance, it shall be constituted in a certain manner, which we prescribe ?" When it was first intimated that the Government intended to grant a new Constitution to Lower Canada, we expressed a hope that Parliament might be brought to contemplate a re-union of the Provinces; and we likewise stated that the best course Ministers could adopt would be to use every means for placing the whole of our possessions in North America under the guardianship of one Federal Provincial Legisla ture, and the sway of one Chief Governor. This too is the view taken by Sir ROBERT PEEL of the true policy of the Cabinet—a view which was cor dially approved of by Mr. HuME, and the other leaders of the Radical party. In nothing but the declared suspension of the Canadian Constitution will Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill bear the least resemblance to the Cabinet abortion which Lord JOHN RUSSELL so coolly kicked overboard last night, while professing the strongest attachment to the policy which the Cabinet had therein embodied. But. we are satisfied with our triumph ; and for the sake of the country, we are glad that Ministers—no matter from what private consideration—for once preferred the true in terests of the people to a nice regard to poli tical independence. Nothing would give us more pain than to see the Tories take possession of Down ing-street at a crisis so important as the present. The war in Canada is bad enough ; but it is nothing com pared to the prospect of a civil commotion in Ireland. Bad as are the Whigs, they are a million of times better and more honest than the Tories, with Sir Ripe- For-Office Plausible PEEL at their head. Some of the Scotch papers express surprise at the lenity of the Judges to the convicted Cotton Spinners, and contend that the verdict of the Jury would have warranted a severer sentence. This sentiment, ex pressed in Liberal papers as well as others, shows a wonderful change of public opinion in the North with regard to the administration of justice. In former times, when fourteen out of the fifteen Judges were Tories, and the law-officers of the same political creed, there were no complaints of this sort. The severity of the law was seldom relaxed, and juries were not inclined to convict, unless the evidence vas such as to leave them no alternative. Strange scenes frequently occurred in consequence. Some twenty .years ago a man was tried at Edinburgh for murder ; the Jury had doubts, and returned a verdict of man slaughter, and a Tory Judge of long standing so far forgot his duty and the dignity of his office as to de nounce them from the Bench as men who had violated the lows of their country. The change certainly is for the better, not only as regards humanity, but the efficiency of the law—for had the same stern seve rity prevailed at the late trial, in all probabi- I lity the prisoners would have been acquit ted. The public prosecutor and the Judges on that occasion, in our opinion, showed a merciful dis pcsition and a just discretion. The Jury evidently had great doubts, seven being for acquittal and eight for conviction ; and in that case any sentence more severe than that passed on the Dorchester Labourers, might have led to a similar outcry against the Govern ment. About the atrocity of the crimes imputed to these prisoners, there can be but one opinion among ail moral and religious men. None can be imagined more destructive of the bonds of civilised s - )ciety ; but the very magnitude of the crimes only warrants greater circumspection on the part of a jury. They are so infamous, and so alien to the f , !clings and character of Englishmen, that the people of this country will not give ctedit to them unless on the clearest evidence. Nothing will satisfy the public mind now but the fullest inquiry—those who would obstruct it can do so only because they hate the light, ;Ind their very opposition will only the more increase suspicions. For that reason it becomes the duty of every honest member of those Unions to call for the 'fullest investigation, and to lend every assist ance to Mr. WAKLEY in carrying - it into effect. The proeeedino's last night in the House of Com mons excited extraordinary interest, not so much from the importance of their nature as from the party tactics and manifestations mixed up with them. Government, no doubt, did not desire to risque a division during the absence of many of their Irish allies i ; but it is utterly false that they resorted to the paltry expedient of en deavouring to prevent a House being made in order to gain time. The Times, in its malignant appetite for any slander against the Government, no matter how gross or unfounded, has put forward a statement to that effect this morning ; and in order to give some colour to the calumny, asserts that not one of the official subordinates was present at four o'clock, save Mr. PARKER, one of the Lords of the Treasury. Now we happen to know, by the best of evidence, that Mr. ROBERT STEUART was also present ; and, further, that in not one on an hundred occasions, are there more Official Members present at the making of a House than there were last night. We have received the whole of the Paris journals of Thursday. Their contents are of trifling importance. The following article on the financial prospects of the Carlists is from the Courrier Francais, a journal of decidedly liberal principles : " The subsidy of 12,000,0001. proposed to be granted to Don Carlos by the Northern Courts is not to be lodged en tirely in his hands, but a portion of it is to be remitted to the Genoese bankers, who are in advance with him, under the guarantee of the King of Sardinia. A certain sum is to be paid to the contractors, either to liquidate their accounts of November and December, or as an instalment upon their future supplies. It has been agreed to send as little specie as possible to the Pretender's head-quarters. lest the money should be immediately applied to the pay ment of the arrears due to the general and other officers, and none be left for the material and pressing wants of the army. If the protectors of Don Carlos in Germany, Russia, and Italy, have once more submitted to sacrifices which they imagine to be the last, his friends in England and France seem inclined to imitate the example. The commer cial house at Amsterdam, which is usually the depository of their donations, has received 100,000 florins from Paris, and drafts on London for 140,000 f. or 150,000 f. On the other hand, the petty supplies of the Committees of Toulouse and other places have been interrupted only by the inclemency of the weather, and according to all appearance will shortly be resumed. Letters hare reached Paris from the Carlist head quarters, speaking of grand expeditionary projects, reviews presenting excellent results, and more especially supplies ex pected from the Princess de Beira, who thinks herself on the point of being acknowledged Queen of Spain." The annexed Carlist " Order of the Day," copied from a Spanish Paper into the columns of our Parisian Contemporaries, will show the atrocious spirit in which the civil war is carried on by the agents of the Pretender : " Foe. TIM KING.—To the Alcade of Gandesa.—The peasant Francisco Perez has been shot for not having obeyed my orders, and a similar fate awaits all those who shall not carry them into execution with all due respect. This man's wife has not experienced the same lot, because she was with child, but she was made to be present at the death of her hus band. Henceforth, however, this shall not be a reason for women escaping chastisement incurred; thay shall be shot, after having had performed up 3n them the operation which shall make them resemble the r iother of St. Ramon Nonal. " Col. LOUIS LLANGO! 3TERA and CASADEVAL. " Cerbera, Dec. 22, 1837." A letter from St. Sebasti an of the 16th January says, Lord John Hay has just caused : a e lew battery to be erected to the. West of the actual habitations c ,f Passages ; he immediately placed in it the two eighteen-p..31u 'biers, the two twenty-four. pounders, and the two eighteen..: inch mortars, which lately arrived from England, on board t l a c Cornet and the Columbia. These vessels had on board an ii al ,mense quantity of grenadocs and projectiles, and half a comp• .13] yof artillery, It seems that this new battery will be imi )7( ‘gnable. The force under thecommand of Lord John I lay amounts to 1,200 marines and 130 artillerymen, besides the, crews of the ships." FRENCH FUNI.M; _PARIS, JAN. 25. Five per Cents.. 109 f. 70c. H,c. 63c. EN. Four per Cents., 101 f. 31c. l'hre , :plr Cents., 79f. 70c. 65e. 50c. Bank Actions, 2,6101. Ciente de Naples, o®f. 70c Roman Five per Cents., 1 00414. Spanish Actives, 20% 19 X . Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, (03%. Belgian Bank, 1,505 f. 1 Soflf. Pertugue,e Three per ( :ents., Haytian Loan, 375 f. 3 6 Of. ISICHAN( IN ON LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. We Three mc,nths, paper, — C . ; money, 25f. 22 1 ,.ic. LAST PIDZ CES. Five per Cents. 1091. 6; c. Three per Cents., 79f. 030 c. Bank Actions, 2,610 f. Romans, 101%._., Belgian Lean, 103 5 4. Belgian Bank, 1,5i 3 0f.. Portuguese Three per Cents., By, Spanish Actives, 1-laytian Loan, IiSOL LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY Dear., Jut. 26.—Wind E., morle,rate.—Came down from the River and proceed, the Scourfield, Wits , rn, for Trinidad. The Sir Archibald Campbell proceeded this morning for the River, towed by a steamer. PLULTSMOUTII, JAN. 26.—Wine' f E., fine.—Arrived her Majesty's brig Lynx, from Sheerness ; Hemp hire, Temperly, from Messina ; and Criterion, Bellamy, from Cardiff. Sailed the Calpe steamer, Cox, for London ; and Juno steamer, for elitto. Pxvmourn, JAN. 2G.—Wind E.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Wasp, from Portsmouth, for the Meditcxx anean ; Jelin, Black, for Teneriffe. F►LMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind E. , violent gale.—Arrived the Horten sia, Reed, from Mauritius—sailed Oct. 10, and St. Helena Nov. 27. Exchanged Nos. with the ship Paragon, of and from Liverpool for Calcutta, on the 12th Nov. in lat . 35 30 South, lon. 23 30 East, and spoke with the Bark, Foe, front Marseilles for the Mauritius, on the 14th Dec., lat. 33 16 South, ion. 16 34 East, by the Hortensia. 23th Jan.—The squall continued with great violence, wind about East. The shipping in Port, about 100 sail---all ride well. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.E. moderate.—The Caledonia, Caffer, from Liverpool, arrived at New Orleans; the Plymouth, Kendrick, the Margaret, Chalmers, and the Britannia King, Patterson, all from Liver. pool, arrived at Mobile ; the St. James, Lebor, from London, the Rhone, from Havre, and Europe, Mar;jhall, from Liverpool, all arrived at New York. Arrived off Port, the Siddons, from New York, sailed Ist inst. The Henry, sailed the 20th Dec. for Liverpool. The North America, was to sail 2d instant, from New York. Sailed the Imogene, Riley, for Calcutta; Pennirghave, Green, for Berbice ; Margaret HighfielJ, Thom, for Venice ; F. ederick., Fleming, for Virginia. OFF 'FRE WIGHT, JAN. 26.--Arrivcd the Alfred, from Marseilles. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Deveron, Smith, from Oporto HOLYHEAD, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Anderson, from St. , Michael's. WATERFORD, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Hope, Cooper, Newfoundland ; William Penn (steamer), from London. LIMIRICK, JAN. _4.—Arrived the Ariel, Calter, and the Ant, Pounds, from London. The Gratitude, bound to Westport, was at anchor, off Actrill Island, 0 0th iust., dismasted and abandoned by the crew. The Ducance, Le Borgne, from St. Domingo to Havre, was driven on shore near Mevagissay, 24th inst., during a gale, and would be wrecked, crew saved. The Princess Victoria, Willinms and Margaret, Pucell, from Chep stow to Belfast, were driven on, shore near Warren Point, 9.4 th instant, and were leaky. The Falcon, of London, Horne, was driven on shore, near Blyth ‘24th instant. We regret to learn that the Killarney steamer was wrecked on Friday last, near the Cove of Cork, when not le3s than twenty-five of her Passengers were drowned. Informationz laid by a common-informer were heard on Thursday at Bow-street, and a great number of house holders were fined 40i. each, for throwing saw-dust and cinders on the foot-pavement is front of their houses. It ap peared, that owing to the bursting of pipes and o,,ening the water-plugs in the streets, it was found impossible to keep the streets and pavement clear of ice, and this remedy was adopted to prevent accidents. The Magistrate, having no power to take these circumstances into consideration, could not mitigate the fine. Thus, owing to the unnecessary strictness of the Act, the inhabitants have the choice of two evils—to break the law, or run the risk of breaking their limbs. LEITH'—TYPHUS FEVER.—This dreadful malady, which has cut off so many in this neighbourhood, is far from abating. Several cases of a fatal nature have occurred during the last ten days, and, as far as can be learned, it is decidedly on the increase ; the privations of the poor in this inclement season, no doubt, acting as a stimulus to the ravE.Tcs which it is daily making.—Scottish Pilot. We understand that the Corporation of the City of London have determined to rebuild the Royal Exchange, in a manner suited to the present much increased trade of the City, and worthy of the greatest trading city in the world. i'dinisters have now a busy time. A Cabinet Conn ell was held at the Foreign Office at taco o'clock, being the fourth this week. Yesterday morning, at daybreak, a female, about 40 years of age, whose tattered clothes and emaciated ap prarance bespoke the extremity of human misery, was found lying, in a state of insensibility against the door of a house now ' building in the new road which is being formed across Britannia-fields, Islington. She was taken in charge by the parochial authorities, but strong fears were entertained that it would be impossible to recover her. DRURY-LA N E THEATRE.-The Queen honoured Drury-lane Theatre with her presence last night. We say. " honoured," as is the accustomed phrase fer State occasions, as the ill bred audience would not allow her Majesty to enjoy the play incognito. They compelled her to acknowledge. their vociferous gratulations, and the operatic company to sing the well-known anthem. It was for some time before the house vas aware of the Queen's presence. At the end of the first act some voic-s from the pit and gallery called out " The Queen," but the cry was checked by strong marks of disap probation from the boxes, and the play was suffered to proceed is Ttiet. At the close of the second act, the clamorous public gained the upper hand, and such a storm of applause was raised, that the Queen was obliged to come forward and ac knowledge, in her most gracious manner, this inconsiderate notice. " God sane the Queen" was then demanded, and the King and Queen of Denmark, assisted by the tandei Ophclia, and the gentle Guilderstere, and as many voices as the Green room could provide, sang the anthem, amid the chee, - s and bravoes of the house. The tragedy was then played out in peace and quiet ; and the Queen took care to avoid all further annoyance by leaving her box a few seconds before the per formance was brought to a close. The house was thronged to overflowing—not a scat was to be had soon after the doors opened, from the floor to the ceiling, and some persons who could not obtain places were ac commo d ate d b e hi n d t he scenes The Queen was attended by th e D uc h ess o f S ut h er l an d, Lady ' Portman, the Hon. Miss Pitt, t h e L ord C h am b e rlain, the Marquis of Ileadfort, and Colonel Buckley. THE SERPENTINE. -The surface of the ice has been totally destroyed by the easterly wind bringing upon it a great quantity of sand a gravel. In the Regent's Park skating still continues, bu he ice is not in very good condi tien, notwithstanding the precautions that have been taken to prt_SCCTC it. The Emperor of Russia has given orders for the immediate reconstructi on o f t h e Wi nter Palace. Hi s Majesty hopes to be able to inhabit the new Palace in the course of next autumn. The late Mr. Bush used to tell this story of a bro- I ther Barrister :—As the coach was about starting after break fast, the modest limb of the law approached the landlady, a pretty Quakeress, who was seated near the fire, and said he could not think of going without first giving her a kiss. " Friend," said she, " thee must not do it." Oh, by hea vens, I will l" replied the Barrister. Well, friend, as thou bast sworn, thee may do it ; but thee must not make a practice of it."--American Paper. Mr. O'Connell may console himself when he thinks of the ungracious reception he has lately received from the Dublin Trades' Unionists, by the recollection that the same treatment was once accorded to Henry Grattan, who barely escaped the personal vengeance of the Du bli n mo b . with 100,000 contract 000ogallon fo s r af tlLe m supply e a o r f , !N I e a S r for many years, owing to the unus ua l scarc i ty o f rum i n t h e Maj T es i t ' y e 's G N o av v y er w n kingdom. Mr. Allen, of Whitton, has been exhibiting a choice specimen of wheat, of his own culture, which for size, bulk, and quality, is said to be unequalled. The ear contains twelve petals, each petal six grains, excepting the first, which has four very fine and perfect grains (the common kind of wheat usually contains none). It grows rather taller than wheat ordinarily grown, and the straw is exceedingly stiff and broad. The red specimen contains ninety grains in each ear; the white has only five grains in each petal, but in all other re spects is equally as fine. Mr. Allen has as much in plant now (this being only the second season) as will produce about a coomb.—Suffolh Chronicle: A project has been started in the City, the object of which is the contemplated cession of the Azore Islands to this country, in return for a new financial ban or arrangement. An Englishman, named Cook, has been for some time employed as chief engineer of a steam-boat running be tween Lyons and Chatons-sur-Saone. His being a foreigner excited the jealousy of the native enginers of the country, whom, from his inability to speak French, he had no m eans f conciliating. Three of them suffered their animosity to go so far as to break into his cabin on board the boat a few days ago, when, having forced him on deck, they beat him severely, one of them striking him with a mallet. For this assault they were brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Police at Chalons, when one was sentenced to be imprisoned for a fortnight and the other two for a week. The environs of Chaillot have lately been infested by a band of thieves and vagabonds, by whom several persons have been robbed and ill-treated. On Sunday night a jour neyman cabinet maker was returning to Paris, about eleven, when he was assailed on the open groued, at the end of the rue des Batailles, robbed of the few sous he had in his pocket, and beaten till he was left for dead. A patrol of police offi cers found him there soon after, and subsequently arrested near the - spot three individuals who were recognised as old offender?. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARI 6. d. to s. Potatoes (cwt.) 2 0 5 0 Horse Itailish(bundie) 3 0 4 0 Celery Carrotsll2bunehes)... 6 0 7 0 Turnips C•ileivertsor Greens 5 0 6 6 Leeks 1 0 2 0 Spinach (half-sieve) 0 0 0 0 Onions 2 6 3 0 Apples 2 0 6 0 Pears 5 0 8 0 IEN MARKET. s. d. to s. d. Sweet Oranges (100) 8 0 12 0 Seville Oranges 12 0 16 0 Lemons 8 0 12 0 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 n 0 0 i English, Forced Pine Apples (lb.) 8 0 10 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 2 0 2 6 French ditto Spanish ltazlenitts French Walnuts 2I. 3 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 3(1 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat was in good supply to-day of all describtions. Quality, gene rally speaking, but middling. Trade very dill, and prices on the de cline :-Becf, 2.5. 4d. to 3s. 4d.; Mutton, Ps. 6d. to 3s. 4d.; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Pork, 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 4d. Game and Poultry in good supply, and trade very middling ; prices on the decline :-Hares, 3s. to 3s. 6d.; Pheasants, 3s. to 4s; Partridges, 10d. to Is. 3d. each ; Widgeons, Is. to Is. 6d.; Wild Ducks,ls. 6,1 to 2s, ; Rabbits, Is. to Is. 2d.; Geese, ss. to 7s. ; Fowls, Is. Od. to 2s. 6d. ; Turkeys, ss. to 10s.; Woodcocks, 2s. to es.; Chickens. is. 3d. to Is. 9d.; Ducks, 2s. to Pa. 6d. Eggs scarce-from 7s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. per 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. To-day there was a very short supply, and prices high. Turbot, 6s. to 30s. for the top price; Cod, 2s. to 83., Os., and 12s. ; Soles, 6d. to 2.5. 6d. arid 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 9d. to 2s. and 2s. 6d. each ; Whit. logs, 4d. and 5d ,to Bd., 10d., and Is. each. Trade not very lively. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish in short supply-prices high. Turbot, 6s. and 7s. to 255. and 265. ; for very large Soles, 9d. to 2s. and 2.5. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, Od. to 2s. each ; Cod, Is. 6d. and 2s. for small, to Os. and 10s. and higher for large. Meat-prices much as before. Beef, 6d. and 7d. to Bd. and 81d. ; Mutton, 7d. to 84d. ; Veal, 7d. to 10d.; Pork, 6id. to Bd. Vegetables in short supply, and prices high. Hay and Clover firm. HAY MARKETS.-(Atrer Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay.„- New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto • 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Izyc.graas Hay. 5 5 10 Clover Hay Oat Straw 11 16 to £2 01 Wheat Straw 2 0 2 2 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Ha; 14 15 to 15 0 t•Tvw Meadow Hay ....................................«..... 8 0 IP f 1 Useful Old i)itto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 5 b 5 lli Clover Hay !extra fine '6 0.. General'y 5 5 515 Oat Straw ..ZI IG'•> £1 IR i Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay ?.4 16 t+ £4 15 New Meadow Hay ... ... .... .... Jarful Old Dittp... .. Fine Upland Mextow and ltye_grags Hay Clover Hay 5 0 6 6 Old Straw £l 16'0 XI 161 Whe.atl , raw IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter before Twelve o'Clock. CANADA. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee on the Canada Government Bill. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the amend ments proposed were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be printed, and to be read a third time on Monday. The House then adjourned. [ln consequence of some oversight on the part of the door keeper, the Reporters' Gallery was not opened, but we ob tained the above information through the courtesy of Air. Rickman, the Second Clerk of the House.] CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TALLOW AND OIL MAIIKET. P. Y. C. continues to look up, and the price now is 48s. gd. to 49s The market for Fish Oils is dull, and the teidency of prices down. wards. The quotations to-day are much the same as yesterday. Pale Seal, 39/. ; Cod, 381.; Southern, 291. to 321. ; Sperm, SOL WOOL MARKET. The advanced and firm prices of 40. per lb. higher than last sale realised by Colonial Wool has caused English and Foreign Wool to ad vance Id. per lb. All kinds of Wool are brisk just now. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Our daily reports of the transactions in these market* will have shewn that the business done has been very slender, and that there has not been much variation in prices. The only kinds of Sugar which have altered in value have been Brazil and Mauritius, which have declined Is. 6d. The only kinds of Coff,e which have varied have been Ceylon, 13, p., and Mocha, all of which may be quoted at 2s. higher than last week. Tea has been id. per lb. higher; Rum, id. per gallon higher; Rice, East India, 6d. per cwt. higher. Colonial Wool has beeti i 4id. per lb. higher than the prices of last public sale. Cotton, Cocoa, and Spices continue without variation, and so does every other commodity usually sold in these markets. The imports have been very slender, and, ex cept for tea, the deliveries at the Customs have been but moderate. The business advertised for next week is not extensive. The chief com modities are Spices and Cotton. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 26. This morning's market was pretty brisk, and a middling quantity of sales were effected at fully the rates realised yesterday. 3,000 bags are the extent of this day's business. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In consequence of the news from Canada being rather of an unfa vourable nature, Consols, which closed buoyant yesterday at 92 to for the Account, have become heavy this morning, and- opened at 91; po. Money is very easy at present, both in the Stock Exchange, and fel' commercial purposes. Exchequer Bills, 56 58, 2ad. per day; In dia Bonds, 52 54 ; Bank Stock, 2061 ; India Stock, 262 i 263 i. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Mnst of the Foreign se curities are heavy : Spanish Active 19:I with Coupons ; Portuguese ; ; Three per Cents., ISt ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i. (Extract of a private Letter from New York, of the 2d instant, Posted at the North and South American Coffee-house):— " I have no important news to communicate except from Navy Island, wher. , , the Patriots, so termed, are assembling in large forces with the intention of making a descent on Upper Canada. It is a digrace that our o,;vernrnent permits a force to be collected in that spot, with a view of aiding the subjection of Canada. Arms, &c. &c., are constantly sent from the States to aid the insurgents. I have just been informed that unl , ...ss some active measures are adopted by the United States Govern ment, the Minister at Washington, Mr. Tax, will demand his passport." In the City, the news from Navy Island does not gain credit, being taken clliefly from Democratic American papers. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paul: Stock 206 India Stock 261 o per Cert. ,ed. 9214% 1 Ditto Bonds —p,. 3 per Cent. Co:•- 92 IN South Sea St ,, ck ...... ... ..... ..., 3 , 4, per Cent...—. ... -_ — Old .4onn•ttes .. . - •--- Ditto Rea.— ... IOCNN, New Ditt0....... — "New t't per Cent 100 9i1 7 .4 3 pe: Cert. Ann...awe, :'sl_ -- New 5 per Cent.. 1 Bar.k LongAtlrmitieetockpire Ditto 54) 1, 6O 62 em. Jan. 5, 18419 153. 3-16 0 et., Sarsali ..-.... ......... 6- 62 pin Oct. 10, .1..1) --, T Ditto Coinineiti ' 18 20 ;,m -mu. 5, M 0..... )an. 5, I,t - in April -, I .•S‘ ,a ....... 4••• ••,•,••• ......'.. 1,,a, stock for Account — .I,n . , 1 44)......, .......... ..•.. C. , n arils. for Aeconnt„, .....92 1?; 2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ~ — Peruvisui Bonds ..... — Bel,an Bt-id.s.. Do to Account - Pi.ccount pond:. Brazilian nd:i 73 ' Ditto Account— Duto Account — t'itto New Bori'... ........... .. 23% Sasnos Ayres Bonds — . Dqto Account Datn D,tto, :3 per cent. 1134 hilli4n it 3 ,.„. 1 , ~.,.....,..........„ Prussian Bondi _ Di:to Account ................ Russian Bonds, 1822 — C ) :umblan Bonds • ..... ......... - Ditto Account — Ditto Account ....... ....... I.`itto 4letallic .........,......., ellinnbian Bonds, i 521... ..... . Spanish &.nds Litt., Account , ........ Ditto Account...... .. .... Dumb Bonds ..... Ditto Account .. Ditto Acconnt ... ...... ....... 193 Gre,:k Bord 1„. , — French, 5 per cent.......... —f —e. Ditto amds, 1825 — --- 4 per cent.. , —c. Ditto Account .... ........ - Mexican Bongs, 5 per cent.... —-- .2.W, Exchanga —f. c. I Ditto Account .............. Dutch, per cent '2l 3 Ditto, f. per ceat. ....... .... —1 D.tto Account — —1 Ditto Account Ditto, • rer cant 102% Neapolitan —l Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Par Share. oi • 2 .- ,4 Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Comr Eastern Counties ...... Ureat vVestern Railway Company... tirqfhton Railway CompAnT London and Blackwall Railway Lundon and Birmingham Railway C Ditto Bonds 4 per Cent, 1913. JI Lehester and Birmingham Railw, .any ...... ..,. _ a G 5 3 :ompan v 9( 92 IL, 04 313 Ifii 3 ly 7 COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 54; Otto, at sight Itotter.iam `, U l2 6 Altwerp... 11 .rnLurg . • 1.8 ~ 13 13% A : tona..... Paris, 3 days' sight... ....... Ditto ....... ............. .3 Ms '2s 3)5 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 153 Petershuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 132rlin Vienna, effective 11 " 51 lO 12 T , ieste ditto lO 13 Madrid 35% Cadiz.... • Bill,a ... . "i-1 iNGE YESTERDAY qibraitar Leghorn 42 Genoa 2B 15 Milan 11 Venice 46 Naples 3 B l/ Palermo per oz. 117 1 % Lisbon Oroi - to Rio Janeiro - Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres 21 days' sight Cork PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin l4 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 fl New Doubloons • Barcelon a - - New Dollars _ _ 0 4 ‘9l, Seville 34 Silver. bars. standard 1) 4 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. (Posted at the North and South ,American Coffee-house.) MEETING IN BEHALF OF CANADA. The essence of Liberty consists in the freedom of discussion— " Those who in quarrels interpose, " Must often wipe a bloody nose," A few facts from modern history for thinking and calculating Americans. The King of France interfered in the American revolution. Not for his love of liberty, but his hatred to England : result—He revolutionized his own dominions, and lost his crown and head. Austria and Prussia interfered in the French revolution—reply—Vienna and Berlin, their capitals, were entered by victorious French armies. Napoleon inter fered with Russia, and marched a victorious army of half a million of men to Moscow : reply—Paris captured twice by invading armies. Napo leon bent all his powers and all his energies to the subjugation of Eng land—reply—He died a prisoner to England on the Rock of St. Helena. _so much for the past. paornEcv!!!—Americans will interfere with the revolt of Canada. Results.— A declaration of war against America by England—An alli. ante, offensive and defensive, between Jingland and Mexico—The ocean s warming with British and Mexican privateers—British steam frigates and privateers on all the great lakes, where they have little to loose, and much to gain—The ports of Mexico defended by British fleets and gun ners —An expedition fitted outgo the West Indies, with an army of free blacks —A dissolution of the Union !So much for interfering in the quarrels of others. If, you set your neighbour's house on fire, a change of wind may bring the flames you have kindled to your own dwellings.—A treaty between nations is, virtually, a contract between all individuals of each nation.—America be honest, and fulfil your contracts in the fac. , of the whole world! Sir Francis Head's attack on Navy Island is still discredited in the City. in consequence of which the Funds have rather improved. Consols 90/ 2 for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 60 62 ; India Bonds to be paid off, 15s. to 16s. ; Bank Stock, 206 ; India Stock, 204. Spanish Active heavy at 19 IA with Coupons ; Portuguese, 281 ; Three per Cents., 18 ; Dutch, 52i 53._ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92. On Monday last a young man, by trade a baker, undertook for a small wager to walk forty miles in eight suc cessive hours. He commenced his task at eight o'clock, from the third to the fourth milestone at Shepherd's -bush. He a ppeared much distressed the last two hours, and ultimately lost the match by two minutes. A pedestrian of well-known celebrity offered at the conclusion to walk the same distance, and to perform the half backwarcs, withi:, eight hours; and a match was concluded the same evening to come off on Monday next, at Notting-hill. It has already excited a great deal of interest, and bets to a considerable amount have been laid. The task has never been attempted, but the pedestrian feels onfident of success on account of the state of the weather. The betting at present is five to one on time. W e are informed a petition, signed by fifteen hun dred innkeepers, hotel keepers, and licensed victuallers, resi dent in the counties of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, has been placed in the hands of Mr. Divett, the Hon. Member for Exeter, by Mr. Edward Hughes, for presentation to the HOUSP of Commons, fur the repeal of the tax on servants employed in the business of inns, hotels, or taverns, repeal of the tax on carriages let to hire with post horses, reduction of the window tax upon inns, hotels, or taverns, and o',taining other altera tions that will secure them against those injuries the whole trade are now subjected to. FREWIN v. THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment today in this case, which was argued a few days since. The case came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor overruling a demurrer put in by the defendants, the Poor-law Commis-ioncrs, to the bill filed by the plaintiffs, the Guardians of the Poor of the united parishes of St. Andrew's Holborn, and St. George the. Martyr-above - Bar. His Lordship, after going at considerable length into the facts of the case, stated his opinion to be that the judgment of the Vice-Chan cellor was erroneous, and reversed it with costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) CANADA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,--It was again repeated in the House of Commons, last night, that the Radicals who have given such strenuous . opposition to the Bill "for suspending the Constitution of Lower Canada," had, by their speeches in the House of Com mons and at public meetings, encouraged, if not promoted. the resistance on the part of the people of Canada. Mr. Ellice gave his support to that allegation, although he did not state on what publications or proceedings he founded that charge. The House of Assembly is condemned for refusing to vote supplies, and the British House of Commons proposes by the Bill now in progress, to punish them and the whole people of that Province, for the exercise of that constitutional right. A_ charge is also indirectly made against the House of Assembly for having encouraged the insurrection which has taken place, chiefly in the Richelieu District ; but, in the printed papers laid before the House of Commons, there is not a syllable to show that the House of Assembly, or even Monsieurs Papi neau, Morin, or Viger, the leading Members in thet House, had anything whatever to do with that revolt. The stoppage of supplies, therefore, is the only offence the House of Askiern ' bly has committed, and it should be known to the British pub lic, what has been widely circulated in every part of the two Canadas, that the first idea of stopping the Supplies, origincted in a letter from Mr. Stanley, now Lord Stanley ; and I never heard in Canada that any other Member of the British Par-. liament had ever recommended a stoppage of Supplies to the. Canadian people. I was in Canada in 1827, when Mr. Stan ley, Lord Sandon, Mr. Wortley and some other gentlemen vi sited these provinces, and it was understood that they all left Canada, under the sti °lig conviction, that the grie vances of the people there were many and very grie vous. I find by reference to the seventh Report on grievances, from a Committee of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, dated 10th April, 1835, of which Mr. M'Ken zie was the Chairman, that the inhabitants of Toronto, had, in 1828, held a public meeting, at which resolutions detailing the grievances of the people were agreed to, and a petition embodying them prepared for the House of Commons. Mr. Stanley was selected to present the petition to the Imperial Parliament, and Mr. Hume was requested to support it. In that Report W. W. Baldwin, Esq., who had been Chairman of the Reform meeting, states the advice of Mr. Stanley, how the people should proceed to obtain the redress they sought for. " The Constitutional remedy," says Mr. Stanley, "is open to the people, of addressing for the removal of the advisers of the Crown, and refusing of supplies ; (Report, p. 4), and in Appendix, p. 95, a copy of Mr. Stanley's letter to the Chairman of the public meeting, who had forwarded the petition to him for presentation, will be found. The seventh Report was agreed to on the 10th of April, 1835, hy the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, and 2,000 copies of it were ordered to be printed for the use of the Members ; and by that means the greatest publicity was given to Mr. Stan ley's advice, as will appear by the annexed copy, part of which Mr. Wakley read last night to the House of Commons, and attributed that advice, which I also believe to have been the strong inducement to the people of Canada, to persevere in re fusing supplies, until their grievances were redressed. .. - In - the Appendix to the same Report (page 97) there is a copy of Mr. flume's letter of the Ist of May, 1829, to the Chairman, Mr. Baldwin, in which he states that he will be happy to support the prayer of the petition ; but it is curious to remark that Mr. Hume, who has been accused of urging the' Canadians to resistance, in that letter states to Mr. Baldwin, that the best mode to obtain redress is by petitions to the Co ismial Secretary, and the House of Commons. He concludes by expressing a hope " that the Canadians will persevere steadily and moderately in the course they are pursuing to esta blish their rights." A reference to the Report on" Grievances, from which I have made these extracts, will satisfy you that the people in that province have acted with great moderation ; and that if they have erred in refusing supplies, they acted in the con stitutional mode pointed out and recommended by Mr., now Lord, Stanley. AN UPPER CANADIAN. London, Jan. 26, 1838. (copr.) Extracts for the Hon. E. G. Stanley's (now Lord Stanrzy) letter to W. W. Baldwin, Esq., Toronto. Whitehall, 24th April, 1829. Sir,— I may be permitted to say that you and the Committee da me no more than justice in supposing that whatever my ability may be, I shall always be happy to exert it to the utmost in the maintenance of the Constitutional rights of the colonists, and in making known, and procuring the redress of, any griev ances of which they may have just cause to complain. In th© exercise of that duty, on the other hand, I shall never shrink from expressing my opinion, when I think that their expecta tions go beyond these just rights, or when those suppcsedl grievances are pushed beyond their proper limits ; and in so doing I shall conceive that I best discharge my duty, not only as a Member of the British Parliament, but as a sincere friend_ to the real interests of the Colonists. Upon the subject of the Constitution of the Legislative Council, (which Ido not hesitate to say, without any disrespect" to, or reflection upon, the individuals who compose it, is at the root of all the evils complained of in both Provinces)—upon the exclusion of the judges, with the single exception of the Chief Justice, from all interference in political business—and upon the necessity of introducing some alteration into the pre sent Jury system—the three most important points of your pe tition, you will find that the opinion of the Select Committee (of 1828) entirely concurs with yours—and that opinion I am disposed to support to the utmost in my power." " On the last and one of the most important topics, namely the appointment of a local Ministry, subject to removal or im peachment when they lose the confidence of the people, I con ceive there would be great difficulty in arranging such a plan ; nor are the wishes of the petitioners very clearly expressed ; for, in fact, the remedy is not one of enactment but of prac tice, and a constitutional mode is open to the people, of address ing for a removal of advisers of the Grown, AND REFUSING SUPPLIES, if necessary, to enforce their wishes. Ido, however, think that something might be done with great advantage, to give a more really responsible character to the Executive Coun cil, which at present is a perfectly anomalous body, hardly re cognised by the Constitution, and effective chiefly as a source of patronage." " I have now, Sir, stated to you without reserve, though briefly, my general views of the different points of your peti tion. If I cannot entirely concur in all of them, I give you at least a pledge that I shall not be deterred by any consider tions from expressing my real opinions, and from supporting your cause, when I can conscientiously do so, in Parliament, with whatever power I may possess. I have only to express, in addition, my sense of the honour done me in confiding this petition to my care, and my hope that nothing in my public conduct will forfeit the confidence reposed in me. ' " I have the honour, &c., E. G. STANLEY. W. W. Baldwin, Esq , York U. C." (copy.) Extracts of a letter from Mr. Hume to W. W. Baldwin, Esq., U. C.._.... " London, May 1, 1829. " SIR,—On the 10th of April, I received your letter of the 3d of January. inclosing a copy of the Resolutions of a Meet ing of the people of Upper Canada, and of a petition agreed upon by them to the House of Commons. " lam confident oppression and misgovernment take place in the Colonies by the Government at home being kept in ignorance of the truth ; and the best mode to obtain redress is to apply to the Secretary of the Colonies direct, and to send to some Members of the Commons copies in form of petition to be presented, if the Secretary does net afford relief. " The present Secretary, Sir George Murray, has, in his place in the House of Commons, expressed the best opinions and principles on which he intended the Colonies shall be governed, and we are anxious to know whether his orders are to enforce those principles. " The Assembly of Upper Canada should agree to nothing which is not for the interest of the community, and the proper controul over every item of expenditure should be the first and most important object . for them to attend to. * 5 We expect to hear that some changes have been made respecting your Council, and I agree with you, that until these are responsible, and removable on the call of the people for abuse of power, you will not he right." " Wishing every success to your endeavours,- and trusting you will persevere steadily and moderately in the course you are pursuing to establish your rights, " I remain youriabedient servant, ( Signed) " JOSEPH HUINIE." " W. W. Baldwin, Esq., " Chairman of a Public Meeting at York, in Upper Canada." MACARTIFY V. COLVIN'. This was an action brought to recover a sum of money paid on behalf of a Calcutta house, Colvin and Co., which at the time the payment was made in London had suspended payments. The defendants instead of remitting the money, had given the Calcutta house credit for the ac-, count. The plaintiff was nonsuited, and a rule for a new trial was subse quently obtained by the Attorney-General. Sir F. PoLLocx was now heard against the rule, and the Court took time to consider its decision. BAIL COUItT-(THIS DAY.) Earl Somers took the customary oaths this morning before Mr. Jus tice Matteson, as Lord Lieutenant and Custos llotutorum of the county of Hereford. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The COURT was engaged the whole morning with a case of legacy duty—as no result had taken place there was nothing of public interest. BUSY-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) M. Davis, a servant, was charged with obtaining two pints of gin, under a false representation. . John Croydon, proprietor of the King's Head public-house, White Don-street, Seven Dials, stated that during his absence the prisoner Cane to his bar-maid, and obtained:from her a pint of the best gin for the LW. of a lady with whom sh.? was in service in the neighbourhood, but en making inquiry it was ascertained that she had not lived with the ly in question for the last six months. The complainant had only just looked over his day-book, when the prisoner again made her ep pearance, saying that the liquor she had got in the morning was of such excellent flavour, that her mistress sent her for another pint, which she would settle for during the week. She was served with what she asked foe but after leaving the shop she was followed, and, as she avoided going to the residence of her late mistress, she was given into custody. The prisoner admitted her guilt, and was sent to hard labour for a month. Frederic Morton and Win. Plaise, alias Hart, who were identified by a City officer as being notorious thieves, were sent to hard labour for ten weeks each, and to be kept separate in prison, on the testimony of Mr. Joseph Gibbins, by whom they were detected attempting to pick the pocket of an elderly gentleman, at eight o'clock last night, in Hollywell street, Strand. PRIVATE BILLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The very able, well-timed, and pertinent remarks lately made in your most excellent Journal on the important subject of Private Bills, has led ma to address you and to solicit your indulgence for speaking of a Bill of a local nature, in confirma tion of the abuses you so properly endeavour to expose. The Bill I allude to is that for the " Improving the Navigation of the River Severn." I will not dwell upon the merits of the Bill, as it is foreign to my purpose, but only curprily ob serve that the benefits of facilitating and expediting the con veyance of tnerchandize forty- two miles further into the interior of the Kingdom was admitted to be a national object in the discussion which took place on the Bill last Session in the House of Commons. But will it be believed, Sir, that a Bill of this importance was, after the promoters of it had spent 12,000/., thrown out by a party who canvassed Members to vote against the second reading of the Bill, fearing their selfish views would suffer merited exposure if sent to a Committee. But even this would nut have succeeded, had not a Nobleman been possessed of influence sufficient with certain Members of Parliament to swamp the Bill at the eleventh hour. lam sorry to see that these mal-practices are allowed and .winked at in a British House of Commons ; and I believe that the only remedy is, that a separate, responsible, and independent tribunal should be appointed to examine the merits of all Pri vate Bills, before they go before Parliament, for it is highly improper that private business should be mixed up with public affairs. I am, your's, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen honoured the performance of Mr. Kcan in Hamlet, at Drury-lane Theatre, last evening, with her pre sence. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Suther land, Lady Portman, the Hon. Miss Pitt, the Lord Chamber lain, the Marquis of Headfort, and Colonel Buckley, who ar rived at the theatre at half-past seven o'clock. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes- terday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glcnelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ecarl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and. Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. M. PILATI'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. The second of the above series took place last night at the St. James's Theatre. M. Pilati has been peculiarly unfortu nate. About ,a month since these concerts were announced to commence at the Collosseum, where a handsome suite of rooms were fitted up to enable the auditory to lounge or walk about at their leisure during the performance. The intense severity of the frost, however, alarmed the projectors, and after several " puts-off," the first concert was announced to take place on Monday evening last, at the elegant little theatre already mentioned. The pit was boarded over for the oc casion, so as to form in connexion with the stage, a spa cious promenade, a back scene and side wings being so arranged as to convey an idea of considerable extent, and to present a brilliant and imposing appearance. The house, however, on the first performance was almost deserted, and last night, although the auditory was much larger in amount, and formed what in theatrical parlance might be termed a re spectable house, was anything but adequate to remunerate a speculation, to carry which into effect a band consisting of about seventy of (according to the bills) the " first performers in Europe !" Such of the audience as ventured to emerge from the shelter of the box partitions stood in listless groups upon the stage, and the effect of this part of the affair conveyed any notion but that of a promenade. In fact, the project, if suited to the habits of an English audience, of which we en tertain some doubt, certainly did not appear to meet a con genial atmosphere within the walls of a theatre. It is probable that at the Colloseum it may wear a different aspect, where we understand the concerts are to be continued next week. The concert was preceded by a common-place affair, called the Assignation, very indifferently played, and concluded by A Day in Paris, equally common-place, although en livened by the versatility of talent of that favourite of the town, Mrs. Stirling. The principal pieces performed by the band were the overtures " Le Dieu et le Bayadere," of Auber, " Les Etats de Blois," of Onslow, Rossini's " Semiramide," Balfe's Joan of Arc," and several sets of quadrilles, beauti fully arranged for the purpose of displaying the powers of the several principal instruments in solos. With the exception of " Semiramide," which went off with immense spirit and perfect accuracy, the overtures were rather indifferently performed, that is to say, we have them much better played at the Opera and the several metropolitan concerts. Of the quadrilles, however, we are bound to speak in unalloyed terms of approbation. The solo variations introduced were most de liciously given, by Mr. Barret, on the oboe; Mr. Dean, the clarionet; Mr. C. Laurent, the cornet a piston; and a gentle man with an unpronounceable name ( Strfather), the flageolet. In addition, we may mention that Mr. Harp er an d M r. Platt gave effect to their respective instruments as mem bers of this splendid orchestra. The stringed i nstruments, however, were not equal to the wind. The conductor, Pilati, appeared to want energy; and the leader, M. Peyriville, as leaders have become in the present age of improvement, was a mere cypher. The whole of the quadrilles were rapturously applauded, an d one i n part i cu l ar seemed to give unusual satisfaction. I t was an arrangement in which the solo instruments , in a lt ernate var i at i ons, were echoed, by their " doubles" placed in a private box on the left of the stage. Although, however, the auditory were so much delighted, vvemust confess th e pi ece did not - convey unmiti gated satisfaction to our fastidious ears. The gentlemen who played the echoes (with the exception of the horns and the clarionet, .which echoed th e i r pr i nc i pa l s very de li cate l y an d accu rately) seemed rather to study showing off their own abi lities, than giving effect to the intentions of the composer. They were all too loud, and the echoes they gave were somewhat of the Irish sort, " How do ye do ? Pretty well I thank ye." We do not, however, wish to derogate from th e genera l e ffect, or to t h ro w cold water on this expe r i ment on E ng li s h t as te. We ar e obliged to M. Pilati for the introduction, and from the satisfaction we enjoyed, and above all, the delight which that small portion of the public who were present seemed to enjoy, we sincerely hope he may be more successful in his next ap plication to their sympathies. Quadrilles were certainly never beard in this country played on so extensive a scale, and with so much brilliancy and accuracy, and if his experiment does nut, it certainly deserves to succeed. On Friday, at Marylebone-office, 187 summonses were granted against housekeepers, for not complying with the regulations for havin g th, , foot pavement swept and cleansed before eleven o'clock in fhe forenoon, of the scow and ice. The penalty is 40s. and costs. A HINT OF CHARITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Angels in their carols then Shall bless the rich at Christmas !"—OLo SONG. SlR—The streets have, this winter, been very dangerous and uncomfortable from the accumulation of ice and snow ; and may be again; for although we may say to old " Father Winter"— " Jam satis terris nivis," &c. &c., we cannot answer for his cleaner face. Will you, Sir, briefly, but energetically, convey to your readers what a happy thing it would be to employ a great number of the destitute Poor in clearing the pavements and carriage-ways. T w o v ery important objects would thus he attained at the same time ; removing the chill (as well as danger) from ourselves, and from the hearts and frames of those we set to work. I have seen a calculation, which has been seen by at least one of the highest authorities in the metropolis, that an average voluntary contribution of " one shilling" from each house in London and the suburbs, would amount to much more than ten thousand pounds ! How much good might not be done with this I Your obedient Servant, J. D. P. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A meeting took place near Chester on Wednesday last, in consequence of a political misunderstanding, between Mr. Dillon Browny, M. P., for Mayo ; and Mr. James A. Browne, of Browne Hall, in the same county—the former attended by Mr. Somers, M. P., for Sligo, the latter by Mr. Fitzmaurice, of the county Mayo. At the second discharge of shots, Mr. James A. 13rowne's ball passing through his antagonist's thigh, the matter was x ariaMy arrangef_l. We arc happj to say that the wuund i$ not dangerous, although it may confine Mr. Browne for some time.